Tipped too much...

[joe hx]

So this guy calls in and says he accidentally tipped the driver too much... He tipped them $5 and he wanted his money back.

A coworker talked to him, so I don't know exactly what happened. I just thought it was ridiculous.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Well, that's a new one. Not a bad scam, though, if the tips aren't recorded.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

So this guy calls in and says he accidentally tipped the driver too much... He tipped them $5 and he wanted his money back.

This is where the co-worker laughed at the caller and hung up, I hope.

[LillFilly]

I heard this has gone to court before and in this case once the employee has the money, the customer CANNOT demand it back. Geeze, over 5bucks.

I guess this happened after a guy in a bar tipped the waitress $1,000 on his credit card; signed and everything. The court ruled he signed for it, therefore he was obligated to pay it. His excuse 'But I was DRUNK!' The waitress did give him $500 back. Guy probably spent more than $1,000 in court costs!

[Taboo]

Over $5? Wow. And he can't be that short on money if he was taking a cab in the first place, so it's not like he desperately needs it.

I really do hope he just got laughed at on the phone.

[joe hx]

I would've just told him no - but my coworker got the manager, and the manager gave him a $5 credit to get him to shut up. It surprised me actually that the manager did this, as he typically has a spine (It's a small business - we only have maybe five locations and my boss's boss it the owner of the chain).

[Plaidman]

Meh, Evend drunk, people can still see or think. Its his wn fault. Never should demadn anything back.

[EricKei]

I can kinda understand the manager giving him store credit (straight credit, bot cash money)... as long as it did NOT come out of the driver's check...After all, there's always the chance that either (a) the customer was lying, or (b) they'll never bother to use it. That's what Store Credit is for -- making people think they're getting something for free, knowing full well that they may never actually take advantage of it...Kinda like refund checks or coupons ^_^

[Anakah]

The funniest (and sad for the guy) tip I have ever heard was when this guy asked my co worker for a large bill when he had only four, five dollar chips. He made the Oh shit face and realized he tipped the cocktail waitress his only hundred dollar chip but he didn't go and ask for it back.


He over paid?? That guy was a jerk. A lot of people don't understand that a lot of people live off of tips. Unless his service sucked but that's still really icky.

[bainsidhe]

I used to work room service in a hotel. I don't know about other hotels, but ours automatically charged gratuity on the bill, since you're getting nice delivery service after all. It wasn't uncommon for a customer to add an extra dollar or two on top of gratuity. For someone to add $10-20 dollars, well that was a bit unusual and we learned to ask the customer politely if they realized gratuity was already included. We did have customers call upset and ask for a refund, not realizing they were paying gratuity twice.

By the way, one of the guys from Lonestar is very polite, tips well and ]is nice-looking.

[BowserKoopa1]

Being a former pizza delivery driver, I can certainly relate to this. I have never actually had it happen to me, but I heard that my manager one time told a driver that he had been tipped too much, and the driver was forced to give back something like $5 and the end of the day when they went back home.
I'm sorry, but when you leave a tip, that's it, you can't just go back and get your money back. If you're too stupid to count your money, then that's your problem.
I posted a very similar story but got no responses. I think the 2nd time around I will get more, and since its part of the subject, I shall tell it again, so here we go....
A driver delivers a pizza to a customer's house. The guy answers the door and seems drunk. He tells the driver to wait while he goes to get some money. So he navigates his way slowly and carefully up the stairs. Then he comes back down, pulls out a huge wad of 100s, and gives the delivery driver $300. She has a very shocked expression on her face. As his wife walks by, the driver calls to her.
Driver: Excuse me.
Wife: Yes?
Driver: Um, sorry to bother you, but there's a problem with the tip.
Wife (sarcastically): Oh, what's the matter?! Not enough for you?!
Driver: Um, no, not exactly. This is what your husband tipped me.
She holds up the $300, and the lady's eyes get very wide, and she politely takes the money back. She gives the driver a $50 tip for being so honest. Most others would've left a cheap tip and slammed the door in your face.

[bainsidhe]

Well here's the thing: People are stupid. Even the best of us will make utterly stupid mistakes from time to time, especially if alcohol is involved.

But. Cheap, rude and stupid is something else. I'd question it if a customer suddenly tipped me $300. It's the right thing to do and Karma's a bitch. But getting bent out of shape over five bucks? The manager should've told the customer to suck it, but in nicer words of course.

[MergedLoki]

I heard this has gone to court before and in this case once the employee has the money, the customer CANNOT demand it back. Geeze, over 5bucks.

I guess this happened after a guy in a bar tipped the waitress $1,000 on his credit card; signed and everything. The court ruled he signed for it, therefore he was obligated to pay it. His excuse 'But I was DRUNK!' The waitress did give him $500 back. Guy probably spent more than $1,000 in court costs!

see i'm always verrry careful of writing down totals etc. on my credit card slips. Because many times i've written the total in the TIP amount. and then clued in wtf i just did and scratched it out.

This could have been a pricy screw up if the bar tap was like $200 lol. (thankfully i've caught myself every time)

[Racket_Man]

A driver delivers a pizza to a customer's house. The guy answers the door and seems drunk. He tells the driver to wait while he goes to get some money. So he navigates his way slowly and carefully up the stairs. Then he comes back down, pulls out a huge wad of 100s, and gives the delivery driver $300. She has a very shocked expression on her face. As his wife walks by, the driver calls to her.
Driver: Excuse me.
Wife: Yes?
Driver: Um, sorry to bother you, but there's a problem with the tip.
Wife (sarcastically): Oh, what's the matter?! Not enough for you?!
Driver: Um, no, not exactly. This is what your husband tipped me.
She holds up the $300, and the lady's eyes get very wide, and she politely takes the money back. She gives the driver a $50 tip for being so honest. Most others would've left a cheap tip and slammed the door in your face.

this would be one of the ONLY instances where I would call the customers attention to a way over the top tip. good karma is going to the Drunks wife for being nice to the driver. and yeah I agree that most of the jerks I deal with would have all of a sudden stiffed me.

[tamezin]

So this guy calls in and says he accidentally tipped the driver too much... He tipped them $5 and he wanted his money back.

A coworker talked to him, so I don't know exactly what happened. I just thought it was ridiculous.

I just saw something similar to this on the news this morning, however it wasn't 5 bucks it was over 20,000 dollars. The waitress has already spent the money. They want it back (it was from NotreDame this is why it went through I guess), can they legally demand it back? A gratuity is a gift, no taksie backsies as far as I am concerned, we aren't in kindergarten anymore.